port city review
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We exist to provide students a forum to display their very best works. Curated by students, the journal seeks to be intimate, exploring art from every angle.
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Individual pieces contained herein are the intellectual property of the contributors, who retain all rights to their material. Every effort was made to contact the artists to ensure that the information presented in this journal is correct. No part of this journal may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the editorial staff and the adviser. Port City Review, established in 2012, is an annual literary arts journal showcasing the work of SCAD students exclusively via a submissions process. Published content is determined by student editors. Opinions expressed in Port City Review are not necessarily those of the college. The ninth issue of Port City Review is available free of charge to SCAD students, faculty and staff. Subsequent copies of the journal, and copies for the general public, are available for $10 each. The typefaces used in this edition of the journal are Gallery Modern, Montserrat and Roboto.
This journal was designed by Kaitlyn Mitchell with the use of Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, and Adobe InDesign CC.
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Tennis Court Tea Party Fashion Design Morgan McKensey Atlanta, Ga. Senior, Fashion Marketing and Management
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The Erasers: Book Jacket Graphic Design Chris Bartoldus Cary, N.C. Senior, Graphic Design and Advertising and Branding
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B. The Peaceful Anarchism of Mark Greenway Illustration Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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Poetry Gabriella Robinson Colorado Springs, Colo. Freshman, Dramatic Writing
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perfume in her antique bottles anymore because it makes grey tears line her chin and when Mama gets quiet we go to the deer stand
brown cotton blossoms shoved deep in my pockets the seeds fall out in clumps, like eyelashes, like poppy seeds when the sun sets in Smith county, it bleeds into the southern air and bastes the bowl of the sky in a mottled yellow glaze Mama takes the bowl and pours in her famous chili hot and hot and hot air is all I knew for the first five weeks of my life hot air currents blew in from the coastline and tangled their arms with the cool breezes pushed over the topaz gulf linked their fingers and pulsed down so warm air could spill into my chest until it swelled with breath the jets won’t take off, and the buildings sink back into the ground like rainwater, like who knows what was there, what was lost all we know is that the jets won’t take off anymore and so the guests cannot leave so they stay for weeks there is a women who I do not know with hair red as the azaleas and she smells like rose and frankincense I never did get to know her, which makes Mama get all quiet in early spring and now Mama doesn’t use the
we put our bare feet between camouflaged plywood and hoist ourselves into the canopy foxes are angels, dogwood and bay laurel covers you like a lover would all leafy and simple like they were planted to embrace you the soles of my feet are brand new and they stay new for a while until Mo and I are left alone with the women with the azalea hair, who lets us wander to the deck barefoot now my new feet have splinters-splinters-splinters and someone left the gate to the rest of the world open so I tumble off and sink like a protest and now everyone is crumbling and crashing and bleating towards me but the sand is so soft and warm that for a moment I never wanted to leave sometimes I wake up with no breath and salt clinging to the sides of my lungs like rock candy when I sunk all those years ago, I remember the black topaz of the gulf clipping closed like a sea of ink above my nose remember the brush of kelp Continue reading at portcityreview.com
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A. Rébellion Décadente Tambour Samples Fibers Jessi Harrington-Newton Bradshaw, Neb. Senior, Fibers
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Dreaming of Luxury with Louis Vuitton Photography Kayleigh Moreland Texarkana, Texas Senior, Photography
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NANA Graphic Design Maisy Dewey Haddonfield, N.J. Senior, Graphic Design
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Edgy Elegance with Gorgeous Gardenia Photography Kayleigh Moreland Texarkana, Texas Senior, Photography
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Edgy Elegance with Gorgeous Gardenia Photography Kayleigh Moreland Texarkana, Texas Senior, Photography
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Poetry Nicole Charre Miami, Fla. Senior, Art History
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You ask me if I am okay? I am a mere shadow on a wall, Unnoticed, fleeting and flickering, You shine a light and I might just disappear, Delicate like a blade of grass, a grain of rice, an orchid, A mere memory caught between fading and standing bold, Like dust I might fly away into the wind, Glittering in the sunlight, A passing thought, Transitory, fragile, Blooming into the sun, Something beyond time and color, A place beyond sight, Left to float. Laughing in the sunlight, Hidden in the moonlight, Enveloped in film, Lost at times, found only went thought of, Cherished for a moment and like a candle extinguished, A whisper only heard by the lost, the old, the nostalgic, the misfits, Drifting, seeking, and flying, Where will I land? I am free falling alone. Is there a home for those left astray? If so, find me.
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Purple and Orange Photography CoCo Hubbeling Fort Collins, Colo. Senior, Photography
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an elevation of the normal Photography CoCo Hubbeling Fort Collins, Colo. Senior, Photography
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C. Down in the Valley Photography Kyla Rys Frisco, Colo. Junior, Photography
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New Dimension CD Covers Graphic Design Mickey Han Wuhan, China Graduate student, Motion Media Design
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C. Maps of My Soul: Santa Rosa Guatemala Topographical Embroidery Fibers Jessi Harrington-Newton Bradshaw, Neb. Senior, Fibers
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Fiction Perrin Smith Rock Spring, Ga. Senior, Writing
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Johnny twiddled the straw sticking out of his cup. We were in a window booth at the diner. His head was turned, and his eyes glazed over, looking out the window at the oak trees across the parking lot. “What d’you want to do tonight?” he asked. He glanced over at me and I shrugged my shoulders. It was the summer before I went away to college and we were trying to make each night more memorable than the last. “What’re you looking at that’s so interesting?” I asked. “Nothing. Just watching the trees.” But his eyes moved around more than to follow a tree swaying in the breeze. I shifted my weight against the tightly stretched faux-leather underneath me, trying to see what was so interesting, but saw nothing more than the mid-July sunset and the fireflies beginning to come out. His cheeks were thin, like a boy on the cusp of manhood. There was no facial hair. Our waitress, a red head, brought out our food: two burgers, one with cheese and one without, both with fries. She looked a couple years older than us, or as Johnny
liked to say, “She’s grown, ain’t she?” He took his eyes off the window to mumble a thank you and watch the hem of her skirt as she walked back to the kitchen. He looked down at his food, then to the window, and then to me. “What d’you want to do tonight, Danny?” he asked. College would be here before I knew it. By the end of next month, I’d be scrunched in a twin extra-long bed at the University of Georgia wishing to high heavens that I could still be in farmland. Fishing, I thought, would be fun. “How’s fishing sound?” I offered. “Sounds good to me,” Johnny said, taking the first bite out of his burger, “but we’ll have to wait until morning.” He took a second bite of food and ketchup dripped down to his lip. “Pa’s got work tonight and I still have my pole and tackle in his pick-up.” My father had been on a bender for the past week. Jack Daniel’s had a permanent place in his hand and beside his recliner. He’d been more hateful than usual, fussing at me and Momma, that sometimes I wished he’d just up and left for good a couple years ago. “You can stay the night at my place,” Johnny said. His burger was nearly gone, and what wasn’t was on its way to Continue reading at portcityreview.com
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one thousand one night Illustration Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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A. Arghhh Animation Bai Huang Wuhan, China Graduate student, Animation
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A. An Elevation of the Normal Photography CoCo Hubbeling Fort Collins, Colo. Senior, Photography
B. Eventually Illustration Jonah Gibson Muskego, Wis. Junior, Illustration
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Flower Field on Handkerchief Illustration Changyu Zou Chengdu, China Graduate student, Illustration
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memories within the wind Illustration Kathie Yang Chengdu, China Senior, Motion Media Design
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C. Brick Houses Illustration Rachel Collins Beavercreek, Ohio Senior, Illustration
B. The Killer Animation and Motion Media Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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Poetry Ben Elhav Toronto, Canada Junior, Dramatic Writing
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Once, when vacuuming in a strange part of the living room I noticed the zings of a few odd comets in the air And pulling the large red couch aside I realized I had displaced a headstone For the grave of some hundred fruit flies Who, knowing that it is better to die together And in the shade of houseplants Had fallen forever in black mounds Shrunken raisins Like dried fruits in biscuits we ate as kids I paused momentarily on this display of sleeping solidarity Then suctioned them into the next world
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Illustration Huiquan Lu Guangzhou, China M.F.A Illustration, 2020
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All in One Illustration Yujie Huang Shenzhen, China Senior, Illustration
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A. Return to Stage Animation and Motion Media Chiyao Lien Taoyuan City, Taiwan Senior, Motion Media Design
B. Mr. E. Minx - They/Them - Nonbinary Photography E.C. Buckley Columbus, Ga. Senior, Photography and Graphic Design
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Fable Photography Kayleigh Moreland Texarkana, Texas Senior, Photography
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Mask Illustration Changyu Zou Chengdu, China Graduate student, Illustration
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Tale World Illustration Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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C. From Where I Come From Painting Josephine Co Taipei, Taiwan Sophomore, Production Design
B. Fish in Tank Animation and Motion Media Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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Poetry Amanda Glover Decatur, Ga. B.F.A. Writing, 2021
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hides behind all that lace they’re so proud of wearing. I don’t have to worry that you’ll insist you’re not good enough for me or that I’m too good for you. I don’t have to wonder if I’m exposing my snowflake heart to another hailstorm. If I were to fall in love with you, just know I had reasons to. You obviously made the first move, because I fear the result of rejection and the regret of peeling back layers of my heart. You obviously made the first move, because the closest you’d ever get to a stutterfree conversation with me is a shaky wave of the hand. If you’re lucky, you’d get a compliment. If I were to fall in love with you, there is a smile that is only reserved for you. One where creases appear by my eyes and my mouth reveals a slight overbite. One where I’m grinning at the ground and tucking my hair behind an ear. One where I imagine myself with dimples, long lashes, and red lips. If I were to fall in love with you, please remember that I am in it for the long run. I can envision a life with you where I can finally understand the definition of a “soulmate.” I don’t have to fear you disappearing without an explanation, or wonder how long until you find someone who is ready to expose what
If I were to fall in love with you, I’m going to be anxious. It’s hard to not to forget the past speed bumps that made me feel like I was flying, then eventually drop to the ground. It was hard not to forget the things said long ago that made me believe the person was in love with me. So, I’ll need constant reminders that you still see me as a tulip, rather than a wilted rose. If I were to fall in love with you, I’d know you’d be here when I cry, even if my face is red and puffy. Know that I go through stages like a cloud. Even if I’m done flashing and pouring, just remember there are puddles to watch out for. So, please don’t slip. If I were to fall in love with you, know that I’d truly mean it this time. Know that I won’t run when you press your hand on my chest as the beats tickle your palm. I’d see if my hand is lucky enough to experience the same feeling. It has to be; it just has to. Some hearts are just too big to leave untouched. Continue reading at portcityreview.com
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lacoste countryside Illustration Anne Connor-Schroten Chapin, S.C. Senior, Illustration
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C. Sicily Film and Television Tanaseth Tulyathan Bangkok,Thailand Junior, Film and Television
B. Seashells Miscellaneous Gen Li Guangyuan, China Graduate student, Visual Effects
A. The Anchorite Illustration Yongxiao Wang Yichang, China Graduate student, Illustration
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Printmaking Nick Metz Hillsdale, N.J. Senior, Painting
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Ten Inch Stud Printmaking Nick Metz Hillsdale, N.J. Senior, Painting
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Crow / Mourning Printmaking Anne Connor-Schroten Chapin, S.C. Senior, Illustration
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wander the city
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A. Las Mujeres en Mí (My Women Within) Photography Carla de Marte Santiago, Chile B.F.A Photography, 2021
B. Yining’s Memory Illustration Yuwei Liu Ya’an, China Graduate student, Graphic Design and Visual Experience
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A. 2021 Steamroller Print Fest Animation and Motion Media Yiyi Chen Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
B. The Owl Keeper Illustration Kaitlyn Weiner Covington, La. Senior, Illustration
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Poetry Emily Sanders Dallas, Ga. Junior, Writing
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my fingertips smell like bleach. how a face illuminated by the light of a desktop, looks, wishing it could have been starlight. the cursor on the page mocks me, as it blinks, a reminder that the world is still moving. Even if i am not. I think the room is stretching itself, longer and longer until I cant reach the exit… it’s only just past ten here, but I couldn’t tell you what that feels like anymore between ten, and two, and four, and three it all seems the same. my mind is tired of running my mouth, with words that only gain traction inside of my lungs.
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Off the Grid Photography James Lock San Diego, Calif. Sophomore, Photography
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A. Schmorpy Boops, Earth Resort & Exotic Game Safari Animation and Motion Media Reed Sullivan Austin, Texas Graduate student, Motion Media Design
B. Listen to Us Film and Television Juliana Henao Bogota, Colombia M.F.A. Sound Design, 2020
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Odd’s Inn Graphic Design Maisy Dewey Haddonfield, N.J. Senior, Graphic Design
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A. Storytime with Dadaji Illustration Anushua Sinha Mumbai, India Graduate student, Illustration
B. Spellbook Illustration Erica Kim Bangkok, Thailand Junior, Motion Media Design
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B. Plant Medicine Illustration Mint Cheewachatchawarn Bangkok, Thailand Senior, Illustration
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nature Illustration Soo Hyun Namkoong
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Nonfiction Sommer Downs St. Petersburg, Fla. Graduate student, Writing
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The lake house is a simple, ugly thing but perhaps that’s what makes it work for us. The lake house sits on Long Lake, Minnesota, in the middle of northern rural nothingness. My family only uses it for a few weeks out of the year, which should feel like a waste but doesn’t somehow. My dad, my three siblings and I visit every summer for the 4th of July. It’s a day filled with boat parades, picnics, and fireworks. It’s the only day of the year that the lake doesn’t look lonely. Driving into the tiny town of St. James from the Minneapolis airport takes two hours. You know you’re close when having the windows down becomes unbearable. My Grandfather’s pig farms can be smelled from a mile away. Death, filth, manure. Enough disgust to cause me to switch to vegetarianism when I was eleven. Once you’re at the lake, the air turns fresh again, with a hint of bonfires and charcoal grills. “The air is cleaner here,” Dad likes to say. As soon as we get in the house, we crank all the windows open, letting the smells of staleness and mildew waft out, allowing the house to breathe again. I feel a sense of calmness immediately, a weight lifted. The warmth of
familiarity that comes from a childhood home mixed with the fact that there is no Wi-Fi and nothing to do is what brings me back time after time. No matter what fight our family is in, we won’t discuss it here. It’s as if we’ve all made a silent pact to be agreeable with one another. This is our family’s neutral space, our warfree zone, our place of peace. While the house was probably a bad investment in real estate, it was a great investment in connection. Dad and my little siblings, Dylan and Emma, who are eight and five, live in Florida. My other not so little brother, Ricky, and I have both moved out of state for school. Getting to put our lives on hold to spend time with one another in a place we all love is special. Dad and I don’t talk much, but when we do, it never seems to go well. We’re both terribly stubborn and hard-headed, with completely different views about nearly everything. Politics, religion, each other’s life choices, you name it. This place seems to quell the arguments though. We’re just excited to be back, and it seems like we don’t want to mess up the tranquility and simplicity with another neverto-be-resolved disagreement. The only thing we may disagree about here is who’s turn it is to ski. For me, the place is akin to a health resort, but without all their promised luxuries. Continue reading at portcityreview.com
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B. Mask Animation and Motion Media Huiquan Lu Guangzhou, China M.F.A. Illustration, 2020
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B. Giallo Light Illustration Huiquan Lu Guangzhou, China M.F.A. Illustration, 2020
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A. Arsonists on Social Networks Illustration Summer Hao Harbin, China Graduate student, Illustration
B. Fish Illustration Abbie Bosworth Austin, Texas Senior, Motion Media Design
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A. Travel Illustration Di Wang Hangzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
B. Kenzie Illustration Isaiah Shaw New Rochelle, N.Y. Junior, Animation
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Stuck in Dough Bakery Graphic Design Millicent F. Hayes Beaconsfield, United Kingdom Senior, Graphic Design
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Poetry Emily Sanders Dallas, Ga. Junior, Writing
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there are five glow in the dark stars stuck to the ceiling of my dorm, shaped like the big dipper. I don’t know how they got there, but I stare at them sometimes and wish the roof was open… to reach for a world beyond ours, for the abstract to feel concrete againFor something to feel, again. I trace the constellation with my eyes and wish they were youI wish, I felt warm again. but I don’t. and sometimes that’s okay, sometimes it’s not. and sometimes, you have to pull words from your core and hope that something sticks, to remind yourself you’re still here and the world is still spinning. The stars are all still shining.
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Man and Wild Illustration Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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B. You Should Be a Bird Illustration Jun Zhou Wenzhou, China Graduate student, Illustration
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C. Coming Home Illustration Yuwei Liu Ya’an, China Graduate student, Illustration
B. Shots From “Bearly” Animation Bai Huang Wuhan, China Graduate student, Animation
A. Flowing Lava Miscellaneous Gen Li Guangyuan, China Graduate student, Visual Effects
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snow white Illustration Yujie Huang Shenzhen, China Senior, Illustration
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Fouad Sarkis Lux Invite Graphic Design Victoria Eggers Covina, Calif. Senior, Graphic Design
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C. Cabin Fever Photography Kyla Rys Frisco, Colo. Junior, Photography
B. Cabin Critters Illustration Clara Hunt West Bend, Wis. B.F.A. Illustration, 2021
A. Wish You Were Here Illustration Helen Nichols Kennett Sqaure, Pa. Senior, Graphic Design
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love yourself Illustration Jessica Kretchmer Mishawka, Ind. Senior, Illustration
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Poetry Arantxa Hernandez Lopez Caracas, Venezuela Senior, Writing
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I want to erase the red from your shirts. Each fabric, each shade, is heavy with your sins painted over too many layers of sweet intentions. Red fills the streets of my city: men play dress up as politicians, women are lost, desperate to grasp the color as if it could save them from starvation. Red runs steadily through our houses, stains our sheets and punctures our lungs with the damp smell of loss. I cannot watch as caskets descend into the greens’ mouths, three at a time: my brother, my best friend, the man I met just yesterday; while you, my president, dance salsa on the National Broadcast of our graveyards.
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A. My Brilliant Friend Title Sequence Animation Kathie Yang Chengdu, China Senior, Motion Media Design
B. Timeless Illustration Abbie Bosworth Austin, Texas Senior, Motion Media Design
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C. Making Amends Illustration Mint Cheewachatchawarn Bangkok, Thailand Senior, Illustration
B. Uninhabited Illustration Kathie Yang Chengdu, China Senior, Motion Media Design
A. Serene Miscellaneous Trevor Barnett Glencoe, Ala. B.F.A. Illustration, 2020
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A. Ducking Test Interpretation Illustration Anne Connor-Schroten Chapin, S.C. Senior, Illustration
B. Off the Grid Photography James Lock San Diego, Calif. Sophomore, Photography
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A. Field Medic Waxes Poetic about Personal Growth on ‘Floral Prince’ Illustration Alex Holmes Twinsburg, Ohio Senior, Illustration
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B. ‘Where the Red Fern Grows’ Book Jacket Illustration Clara Hunt West Bend, Wis. B.F.A Illustration, 2021
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Further Illustration Anna Yang Taipei, Taiwan Senior, Motion Media Design
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Plastic-Plastic-Plastic Jewelry Mia Seo Tongyoung-si, South Korea Graduate student, Jewelry
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Living In Animation and Motion Media Chiyao Lien Taoyuan City, Taiwan Senior, Motion Media Design
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Nonfiction Sommer Downs St. Petersburg, Fla. Graduate student, Writing
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that are as knobby as they are useless. I haven’t run in a long time. I don’t want to offend anyone who sees.
Sports have a way of scaring me. They set me up for failure. This is weird and unexpected as my family is full of extremely athletic and coordinated people. Those people you see and know they must spend a lot of time outside doing good things for their bodies in the warm sun. Exercise is as necessary to them as putting on shoes, brushing their hair. They do it with ease, they even seem to enjoy it, to need it. They jog, they do CrossFit, they rock climb, they enjoy acrobatic yoga. And then there is me, who can’t even run without breaking both of my arms. My brother has told me that at my soccer games as a child, he would look away when I ran up to the ball to avoid feeling sad for me. I broke my arms that soccer season running backwards. That’s truly how unfit my body is for any kind of physical activity. Me running: all limbs, all over the place. My feet kick my ass which I have tried on only a thousand occasions to stop but cannot avoid. I also have a problem with my arms, I can’t keep them to my sides. They flail everywhere, like one of those wacky blow-up things in front of a car dealership. I am long and tall with joints
I come from a family of waterskiers. My dad has water skied his whole life and competed on a ski team back in the day. Still, he is the most beautiful, graceful skier I have ever seen in my life. My dad is a big man, muscular and tall, with calloused hands and feet and round, swollen knuckles. He moves clumsily, with loud, lethargic footsteps. But when he gets behind a ski boat on a slalom, it’s as if he’s a ballet dancer. Lean, cut the water, slice the glass till nearly one with the water, turn to parallel it, cut back, reverse the other wake, repeat. There’s a video of me at the age of three or four, in our backyard in Wisconsin, a lake in the background. Dad’s pulling me around the yard on a kneeboard trying to get me to practice the move of starting on your stomach and pulling yourself up to a kneeling position. In the video, you hear dad chanting me on, giving instructions. I look bored out of my mind, and a little confused. A scrunchedup wrinkle in between my eyes, and a look back to mom, who’s filming, as if to say Is this guy fucking kidding? My dad would make sure his kids would be “water kids,” Continue reading at portcityreview.com
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A. The Color Photography Christopher Honthy Clinton, N.J. Senior, Photography
B. Girl and Her Horse Printmaking Summer Hao Harbin, China Graduate student, Illustration
C. Isolated Photography Kyla Rys Frisco, Colo. Junior, Photography
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C. Natsukashii Illustration Josephine Co Taipei, Taiwan Sophomore, Production Design
B. The Tale of Genji Illustration Tao Leng Beijing, China M.F.A. Illustration, 2020
A. ‘Real Thing’ Kinetic Lyrics Motion Media Reed Sullivan Austin, Texas Graduate student, Motion Media Design
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A. Rainy Day Illustration Anna Yang Taipei, Taiwan Senior, Motion Media Design
B. Self Portrait of Winter 2020 Illustration Tess Helm Mechanicsville, Va. Senior, Fibers
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C. Everything Begins to Grow Printmaking Summer Hao Harbin, China Graduate student, Illustration
B. The Right Side of History Photography Ennis Price Brooklyn, N.Y. Senior, Photography
A. Magic Animation Bai Huang Wuhan, China Graduate student, Animation
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Photography Andrew Gabay Kennett Square, Pa. Senior, Photography
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Barnett Bartoldus Bosworth Buckley Charre Cheewachatchawarn Chen Co Collins Connor-Schroten de Marte Dewey Downs Eggers Elhav Fitzgerald Frankle Gabay Gibson Glover Han Hao Harrington-Newton Hayes Helm Henao Hernandez Lopez Holmes Honthy B. Huang Y. Huang Hubbeling Hunt
132 4 109, 131 61 24 96, 132 84 69, 150 53 72, 79, 134 6, 82 18, 92 100, 144 122 56 135 104 156 47, 68 70 36, 80, 117 12, 108, 146, 155 8, 14, 39, 102 112 153 91 128 136 32, 146 44, 118, 154 59, 121 28, 30, 46 124, 136
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Kim Kretchmer Leng Li Lien Liu Lock Lu McKensey Metz Moreland Namkoong Nichols Price Robinson Rys Sanders Seo Shaw Sinha Smith Sullivan Tulyathan Wang Weiner A. Yang K. Yang S. Yang T. Yang Zhou Zou
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